Boss L P, Suarez L
Cancer Prevention and Control Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.
Public Health Rep. 1990 Jul-Aug;105(4):354-60.
Seven State health departments, those in Illinois, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin, have participated in an effort to utilize a variety of State-specific cancer-related data to describe the cancer burden in their State's population. The data were then used to develop a statewide cancer plan or supplement an existing plan to address the defined problems. Cancer data have not been well utilized in the planning of intervention programs in the past, and the efforts in these States can serve as models for data use in programs to prevent and control cancer and other chronic diseases. State-specific data can be used to rank needs and make a clear case that can influence decision makers regarding resource allocation. The purpose of this report is to describe the data sources and additional statistics that were used to provide a broad picture of the cancer burden that will aid in targeting and defining intervention needs. Mortality, incidence, risk factor prevalence, and hospital discharge data appear to be the most accessible and potentially useful of the data sources examined, whereas insurance claims data, sources of treatment data, and environmental data bases were less useful in planning intervention strategies.
伊利诺伊州、内布拉斯加州、新泽西州、纽约州、北卡罗来纳州、得克萨斯州和威斯康星州的七个州卫生部门参与了一项工作，即利用各种与癌症相关的特定州数据来描述该州人口的癌症负担。这些数据随后被用于制定全州癌症计划或补充现有计划，以解决已确定的问题。过去，癌症数据在干预项目规划中未得到充分利用，而这些州的努力可作为预防和控制癌症及其他慢性病项目中数据使用的典范。特定州的数据可用于对需求进行排序，并提供明确的案例，从而影响决策者在资源分配方面的决策。本报告的目的是描述所使用的数据来源和其他统计数据，以全面呈现癌症负担情况，这将有助于确定干预需求的目标并进行界定。死亡率、发病率、风险因素患病率和医院出院数据似乎是所审查的数据来源中最容易获取且可能最有用的，而保险理赔数据、治疗数据来源和环境数据库在规划干预策略方面用处较小。
